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Source: 1 BlackRock and AT&T, May 2023 – Note: Gigapower will operate in Florida and Alabama outside of AT&T’s current service areas. 2 National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Switched Off: Why Are One in Five U.S. Households Not Online? October 2022. 3 Federal Communications Commission - National Broadband Map: It Keeps Getting Better (May 2023). 4 BlackRock and Arthur D. Little, December 2022. 5 Nature Photonics, January 2021. 6 Furukawa Electric, March 2022. 7 Based on the number of fiber connections to home households using publicly available data.
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The above investment demonstrates the largest digital infrastructure investment to date for BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure. The above illustration is not meant to be a recommendation to buy or sell any particular security. Images for illustrative purposes only. The specific companies identified and described above do not represent all of the companies purchased or sold, and no assumptions should be made that the companies identified and discussed were or will be profitable. There is no guarantee that future investment opportunities will be similar and that investments are inclusive of all BlackRock infrastructure strategies. To the extent that such investments prove to be successful, there is no guarantee that future investments will be profitable or as profitable.
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Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and are not guaranteed. Investors may not get back the amount originally invested.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future results and should not be the sole factor of consideration when selecting a product or strategy.
Changes in the rates of exchange between currencies may cause the value of investments to diminish or increase. Fluctuation may be particularly marked in the case of a higher volatility fund and the value of an investment may fall suddenly and substantially. Levels and basis of taxation may change from time to time.
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